There were no distractions like loud music or noise. The audio was clear and I loved the narrator's voice. Despite my disdain for watching gory movies, I really appreciated that she didn't hold back. Bowman didn't hold back on the gore, blood, and ruthlessness. She went into detail about the kind of ruthlessness one would go through if they were facing a hopeless situation. They were all stubborn, which made the book annoying at times. Even though most of them are your typical horror characters (the jock, the jerk, ex.), the characters we did follow were interesting. A crew stubbles into a situation they don't understand only to get picked off by the things that go bump in the night. I chose Contagion because it seemed like such a cut and dry zombie/horror book. "I have a plan" is a horrible ending because I want to know what the plan is NOW. The only negative that I have about the story is that there is a cliffhanger ending leaving me aching for the next book to find out what happens next.
Secrets are also uncovered regarding the source of the contagion and what is trying to be accomplished.
Along the way, more and more of the rescuers are lost. There were chases all around the research ship as our heroes try to elude the new creatures as they try to get off the planet to safety. The rescue crew is soon being pursued by the zombie-like victims who are determined to add their rescuers to their number. When Thea is separated from the searchers, she is rescued by Coen Lashley who is the only survivor of those they came to rescue and the kid they were warned against.They soon discover that the victims they came to rescue weren't nearly as dead as they had believed. When they arrive, they find some corpses, blood trails, and a note written in blood telling them not to trust the kid. Dylan is single-minded about trying for a rescue since her father is at that base. He got her her job after she washed out of the military academy because of a vision problem that has since been corrected. Toby is an agitator who likes arguments and who favors their trio of planets leaving the Union. Sullivan is concerned about Dylan's competency.
Tarlow knows the planet because she was the sole survivor or an earlier disaster on that planet. There are already conflicts among the crew before they find out that they are on their way to Achlys - a planet like Mercury that might have a resource Hevetz wants to extract.
Tarlow, computer tech Toby, mechanic Sullivan, and pilot Nova. The Captain - Dylan Lowe - assembles a skeleton crew of rather unprepared people to go for search and rescue. They are at an isolated, cold weather base when a distress call comes in. Foster kid, high school student Thea Sadik has won a coveted internship working for Hevetz Corporation assisting Doctor Lisbeth Tarlow. CONTAGION is a fast-paced, frightening science fiction story.
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